Multi & Single Entry Permission

The majority of single-entry permit applicants are people who hold a type of visa, like a Long Stay D visa, who go to Ireland for work, study, or join family and do not need to travel out of the country until their visas expire.

In general, long-stay D visa holders can obtain a valid Irish Residence Permit (IRP), making them lawful residents and permitting them to travel in and out of Ireland without requiring a multiple entry visa.

Applications for multiple or single-entry visa permits occur when you complete your relevant visa application, as your visa will not be useful if you don’t acquire an entry permit. Applications are done from your home country, in this case, the UK if you are living there.
Visa applications are relatively straightforward and are done via the AVATS system portal as an online application.

When you apply for a visa, the AVATS portal will prompt you to submit all the supporting documents online, which must be given within 30 days, depending on your visa type.

Depending on your visa type, your supporting document to submit will vary slightly.
In general, however, you will require your valid visa, a birth certificate, travel document,  proof of financial situation, marriage/civil partnership certificate and employment paperwork.

As they work in tandem, you must get an approved visa and then you’ll get your approval to enter (and whether it is single or multiple entries) Upon entering Ireland, you will need to show the immigration officers your paperwork and they will go onto stamp your passport.

In the instance your permit application is rejected, you’ll receive a letter of refusal explaining the reason.
In most instances, refusals are due to the applicant’s failure to submit all required documents and you are allowed to seek an appeal or re-apply.

When you apply for a visa, the applicable visa fees are as follows:

• Single €60
• Multi €100
• Transit visas €25

Some family members of Irish nationals may not need to pay a visa application fee, such as spouses, widowers, children under 18, and adopted children under 18.

Nationals from the following countries are exempt from paying the application fee:

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Bosnia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• North Macedonia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Serbia
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uruguay
• Zambia.

When completing the AVATS visa application form, you will be prompted on how and where to make your payments.

Short stay visas normally take around two-three weeks to process.
As such, it is best to apply for your visa eight weeks before your intended travel date.
Other visas, including work and employment visas, can take one week to process, but other ‘D’ visas can take up to six months.

If you intend to travel to Northern Ireland, you will require a visa issued by the UK. However, you should have no problem visiting and travelling to Northern Ireland, as it is a part of the United Kingdom.

If you are travelling to Ireland and you intend to go to Northern Ireland, you must obtain a multiple entry Irish visa and UK visas as permission to enter.

If your main destination is Northern Ireland but you arrive in and depart from the Republic of Ireland, you must first obtain a UK visa, and then a multiple entry Irish visa.

The team at Total Law are a group of accomplished immigration lawyers, who are dedicated to supporting people just like you in the complicated and often stressful process of immigration.

The Irish immigration system is complicated and often involves many steps and further information, depending on which country you are from. To avoid any disappointment, delays, and added stress, we suggest you reach out to our Total Law team for support and advice.

If you have any questions regarding multiple entry visas, re-entry visas, Single-Entry for UK Citizens or any other future visa applications, you can contact an expert immigration legal advisor in our team to discuss any questions that you may have about UK immigration, any concerns or for help navigating the immigration process.

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